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Yponomeutoidea
Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives. There are about 1,800 species of Yponomeutoids worldwide, most of them known to come from temperate regions. This superfamily is one of the earliest groups to evolve external feeding and to colonize herbs in addition to shrubs and trees. Families The family composition of Yponomeutoidea has varied over time, with a 2013 study assigning eleven families: * Argyresthiidae * Attevidae * Bedelliidae * Glyphipterigidae * Heliodinidae *Lyonetiidae *Plutellidae *Praydidae * Scythropiidae *Yponomeutidae * Ypsolophidae Etymology The word Yponomeutoidea comes from the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... (') meaning under and (') meaning food or dwelling, thus "feeding secretly, or burrow". Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praydidae
Praydidae is a family of false ermine moths in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea. Though once considered a subfamily (Praydinae), a 2013 molecular analysis elevated it to family rank. Genera *'' Atemelia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 *'' Dictyoprays'' J.C. Sohn, 2012 *'' Distagmos'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 *'' Eucatagma'' Busck, 1900 *'' Prays'' Hübner, 825/small> References * , 2012: A new genus and species of Praydidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) from Vietnam. ''Tinea'' 22 (2): 120-124. * & , 2014: A New Species of ''Atemelia'' (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae) Feeding on the Ornamental Shrub Mahonia (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) in Chile. ''Annals of the Entomological Society of America'', 107 (2): 339-346. * , 2012: Catalogue of the type specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History. ''Zootaxa'' 3573: 1-17. Abstract Moth families Yponomeutoidea {{yponomeutoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attevidae
''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the relationships, placement, and ranking of Attevidae have been published, but the prevalent view is that they likely form a monophyletic group within the Yponomeutoidea.Sohn et al. 2013"A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". ''PLoS One''. 8(1): e55066. Species *'' Atteva albiguttata'' - Zeller, 1873 (from Australia) *'' Atteva albitarsis'' - Zeller, 1875 (Australian region) *'' Atteva aleatrix'' - Meyrick, 1922 (from Fiji) *'' Atteva anisochrysa'' - Meyrick, 1928 (from New Britain) *'' Atteva apicalis'' - Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 (from Java, Philippines) *'' Atteva aurata'' - Butler, 1882 (Duke of York Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodinidae
Heliodinidae, commonly known as sun moths, is a family of small moths with slender bodies and narrow wings. Members of this family are found in most parts of the world. Heliodinid moths are brightly coloured day-flying moths. The base of the haustellum is bare. The scales on the head are compact and appear like a shield. Many Heliodinidae raise their hindlegs when resting but this is not a taxonomic feature and several genera like ''Epicroesa'' and ''Lamprolophus'' do not show this posture. Many Heliodinidae have the inner and outer spurs of the metatibia subequal. The larval host plants of the majority of species are in the Aizoaceae, Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Portulacaceae and Nyctaginaceae, all in the Order Caryophyllales. A few feed on Onagraceae, Araliaceae and Piperaceae. The larvae's feeding strategies include skeletonizing leaves (consumption of most of the leaf while leaving behind the stems), boring into leaf stems, Leaf miner, leaf mining, and opport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plutellidae
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella'') of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropiinae. Praydinae was later elevated to its own family, Praydidae, while Scythropiinae has variously been moved to Yponomeutidae or also elevated to its own family. Characteristics Moths in this family are small to medium in size with wingspans ranging from . The head usually bears smooth scales and the antennae are often thickened in the middle. The wings are elongated and the hindwings often bear long fringes. The forewings often appear to be sickle-shaped because of the arrangement of the fringes. The colouring is generally drab, with various banding and marking. The adults are mostly nocturnal or crepuscular. The larvae feed on the surfaces of leaves which they skeletonise. The host plants vary, but many are in the family Brassicacea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedelliidae
Bedelliidae is a small family (biology), family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, ''Bedellia'', previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae as the subfamily Bedelliinae by some authors. Species References External links MicrolepsU.S.A. (Nearctic) Images of imago, imagines, larva and pupa Bedelliidae, Moth genera Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton {{Yponomeutoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermine Moth
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."'' An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has several hundred species, most of them in the tropics. The larvae tend to form communal webs, and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Adult moths are minor pollinators. Taxonomy The traditional morphology based taxonomy of Kyrki (1990) divided Yponomeutidae into six subfamilies, but this circumscription is not found to be monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses. van Nieukerken et al (2011) split off Praydidae, Attevidae and Argyresthiidae as separate families, and Sohn (2013) elevated Scythropiinae to family to contain ''Scythropia''. The two remaining subfamilies are: * Saridoscelinae * Yponomeutinae The following genera have not been assigned subfamilies: * '' Abacistis'' * '' Acrataula'' * '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scythropia
''Scythropia crataegella'', the hawthorn moth, is a species of moth in the monotypic genus ''Scythropia''. It is found in western Eurasia. Taxonomy Described as ''Phalaena crataegella'' by Linnaeus in 1767, it was made the type species of ''Scythropia'' by Jacob Hübner in the 1820s. The genus is now placed in the monotypic family Scythropiidae., but was previously placed in subfamily Scythropiinae either in Plutellidae or Yponomeutidae. Initially (in 1796), Hübner had misidentified the grass moth '' Eudonia lacustrata'' – much larger and only distantly related, but somewhat similar in color and pattern – as Linnaeus' ''Phalaena crataegella''. Similarly, a junior synonym of this species, ''Tinea cornella'', has frequently been misapplied – and sometimes still is even today – to the fairly closely related apple blossom tineid. Description and ecology ''Scythropia crataegella'' is a small moth is widespread almost all over Europe; it is absent from Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yponomeutidae
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."'' An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has several hundred species, most of them in the tropics. The larvae tend to form communal webs, and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Adult moths are minor pollinators. Taxonomy The traditional morphology based taxonomy of Kyrki (1990) divided Yponomeutidae into six subfamilies, but this circumscription is not found to be monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analyses. van Nieukerken et al (2011) split off Praydidae, Attevidae and Argyresthiidae as separate families, and Sohn (2013) elevated Scythropiinae to family to contain ''Scythropia''. The two remaining subfamilies are: * Saridoscelinae * Yponomeutinae The following genera have not been assigned subfamilies: * '' Abacistis'' * '' Acrataula'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyphipterigidae
The Glyphipterigidae are a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths, as the larvae of many species feed on Cyperaceae, sedges and Juncaceae, rushes. More than 500 species have been described in the family. Characters The moths have a wingspan of 7 to 16 millimeters. They have a slender and elongated body. The fore wings are narrow to wide and are two to four times longer than wide. They have 13 veins; with 2 anal veins (1b and 1c). The hind wings are frayed and have a similar width to the front wings. The hindwings have well-developed neuration; 7–10 veined either with no or 3 anal veins (1a,1b and 1c). There are some species that have metallic shiny wings or metallic patterns on the wings (often metallic crescent markings along the costa and inner margin of the forewings). The antennae are half as long, to the same length as the front wings. In addition to the compound eyes, the moths also have ocelli. Their maxillary palpi may be well developed or strongly regressed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyresthiidae
Argyresthiidae is a family of moths known as the shiny head-standing moths. It was previously treated as a subfamily of Yponomeutidae. Genera *''Argyresthia'' Hübner, 825 __NOTOC__ Year 825 (Roman numerals, DCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place India * A group of Persio-Assyrian adherents of the Church of the East, under the leadership of two Persian bis .../small> *'' Eucalliathla'' Clarke, 1967 *'' Paraargyresthia'' Moriuti, 1969 References External linksArgyresthiidae at Australian Faunal Directory {{Authority control Yponomeutidae Moth families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |